to unlatch

Examples

• All

• I'll just leave the window in the nursery unlatched tonight.

  Miss Potter (2006)

• Without any warning, she unlatched the door, slid out, and stood up on the curb.

  Fiction book (2001)

• You know, you can open the one side or you can unlatch top and bottom and you can open up both.

• So, I unlatch the bag, stick my hand in, come out with the ring.

  Conflict (1945)

• So I go back up to my door, unlatch the tailgate, shut the door.

• I closed and locked the door, then opened the window wide to the night and unlatched the screen.

  Fiction book (1996)

• When they are gone, he unlatches the driver's door and, with an effort, pulls it open.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Reaching the door, Joe unlatched it, rolled it open, and stepped inside.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The guard unlatched the chains and motioned for him to go out the door.

  Fiction book (2000)

• After checking the lock, she decided to unlatch the door and let him in.

Synonyms

U

to unlock

vsto unlatch

212 1.0

To open a lock using a key or code

opens by lifting or releasing a latch rather than using a key or code

O

to open up

vsto unlatch

64 2.5

Make something not closed, for example by removing a lock or cover

is more specific and focuses on freeing a catch rather than general opening

U

to unhook

vsto unlatch

35 2.5

To take something off where it hangs, like a coat or necklace

involves lifting or releasing the catch rather than detaching from a hook

U

to unfasten

vsto unlatch

5 3.4

To open something by undoing a button or zipper

uses lifting or removing of the latch rather than general undoing of fastenings

U

to unbolt

vsto unlatch

3 3.7

To move a metal bar or lock that keeps a door closed

relies on lifting or releasing a small catch rather than undoing heavy fasteners

U

to unhook the latch

vsto unlatch

1 5.0

To open a gate or window by taking off the small catch that holds it closed

focuses on opening by lifting or releasing the latch rather than removing parts

U

to unclick

vsto unlatch

6.6

To release a catch or latch, for example a seatbelt

opens by lifting or removing the fastening rather than undoing a snap

U

to unbar

vsto unlatch

7.4

To remove a bar or bolt from a door so it can open

acts by releasing a catch or latch rather than removing a long bar

Antonyms

L

to latch

58 2.5

To fasten a door or gate with a small metal part

How Open

to burst

164 1.4

to fly open

11 3.3

to open

∞ 1.0

to unlatch

7 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology